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Charges and Credits (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Restructuring And Related Activities [Abstract] |
Summary of Charges and Credits | The following is a summary of the charges and credits recorded during the first nine months of 2017:
| (Stated in millions) |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Noncontrolling |  |  |  |  |
| Pretax |  |  | Tax |  |  | Interests |  |  | Net |
Promissory note fair value adjustment and other | $ | 510 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 498 |
Merger & integration |  | 213 |  |  |  | 44 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 169 |
| $ | 723 |  |  | $ | 44 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 667 |

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